Ryan Lochte won the 400-meter individual medley on the first day of competition at the London Summer Olympics. Have you checked out his training schedule he had? He moves 400-600 pound tires for his training!
Michael Phelps barely qualified for the event in the qualifying round, finishing in 8th place. Perhaps because he had an end row in the pool and couldn't easily see where the leaders are - and perhaps because of his technique - and perhaps because of his training break from the Beijing Olympics, he finished 4th. Maybe he will medal or win in the next swim competition he has.
Gold: USA - Ryan Lochte: 4:5.18 seconds
Silver: Brazil - Thiago Pereira: 4:08.86
Bronze: Japan - Kosuke Hagino: 4:08.94